NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON THE SUBJECT OF

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE

APRIL 24, 25, 26; MAY 3, 10, 17, 23, 31; JUNE 7, 14, 21, 28;
JULY 1, 2, AND 9, 1974

VOLUME 1 OF 9

April 24, 1974

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CONTENTS

Press release of Tuesday, April 2, 1974, announcing public hearings on
national health insurance.

Bills introduced in the 93d Congress embodying new approaches to a
national health insurance program since last public hearings on this
subject in October and November 1971:
H.R. 13870 (by Chairman Mills).
Description...

H.R. 12684 (by Chairman Mills and Mr. Schneebeli-by request)
(administration bill)..

Description

H.R. 1 (by Mr. Ullman).

Description_._.

STATEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Hon. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Hon. Charles C. Edwards, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health; Hon. Stephen Kurzman, Assistant Secretary for Legislation; Hon. William A. Morrill, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Hon. James B. Cardwell, Commissioner, Social Security Administration; and Hon. Howard N. Newman, Commissioner, Medical Services Administration, Social and Rehabilitation Service... -

STATEMENTS OF PUBLIC WITNESSES

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Abzug, Hon. Bella S., a Representative in Congress from the State of New
York...

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Ackerman, David M., National Council of Churches of Christ in the
U.S.A..

3262

Adams, Gen. Joseph P., International Chiropractors Association..
Alfano, Dr. Louis, Doctor's Commission for American Health
Allen, George B., Hospital Association of New York State..
Allen, Hazel, Golden Ring Council of Senior Citizens Clubs.
Amdur, Martin, National Retail Merchants Association

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American Academy of Family Physicians, Dr. James G. Price, Dr. Carl B.
Hall, and Dr. Herb L. Huffington..

2273

American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Donald W. Schiff, Al Stolper, and
George Degnon..

2286

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and American
Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dr. William Spencer and Richard
E. Verville.._

American Association of Blood Banks, Dr. Klaus Mayer.
American Association of Clinical Urologists, Dr. Harold Kay, Dr. Russell
B. Carson, Dr. Perrin B. Snyder, and Dr. Robert H. Bradley, Jr.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Dr. Evelyn R. Barritt and
Charmaline Kirilla.............

American Association of Bioanalysts, Bernard I. Diamond, David Birenbaum, and Richard Paul..

924

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1934

American Association of Homes for the Aging, Rev. Richard Reichard,
Dr. Robert Butler, and Constance Beaumont..

2676

American Association of Medical Clinics, Dr. Loman C. Trover, James
Cobb, and Lawrence Hoffheimer___

2219

American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children, Inc., Dr. James
N. Sussex and Debora D. Kramer

989

American Association of Retired Persons and National Retired Teachers
Association, Cyril F. Brickfield, James Hacking, and Laurence Lane..

2520

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